A race condition exists in the Tang server functionality for key generation and key rotation. This flaw results in a small time window where Tang private keys become readable by other processes on the same host.

The remote MiracleLinux 8 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the AXSA:2023-7186:03 advisory.

    * tang: Race condition exists in the key generation and rotation functionality (CVE-2023-1672)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the MiracleLinux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote MiracleLinux 9 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the AXSA:2023-6769:02 advisory.

    * tang: Race condition exists in the key generation and rotation functionality (CVE-2023-1672)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the MiracleLinux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The version of Tencent Linux installed on the remote TencentOS Server 3 host is prior to tested version. It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the TSSA-2023:0292 advisory.

    Package updates are available for TencentOS Server 3 that fix the following vulnerabilities:

      CVE-2023-1672:
      A race condition exists in the Tang server functionality for key generation and key rotation. This flaw     results in a small time window where Tang private keys become readable by other processes on the same     host.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Tencent Linux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The version of Tencent Linux installed on the remote TencentOS Server 4 host is prior to tested version. It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the TSSA-2025:0140 advisory.

    Package updates are available for TencentOS Server 4 that fix the following vulnerabilities:

    CVE-2023-1672:
    A race condition exists in the Tang server functionality for key generation and key rotation. This flaw     results in a small time window where Tang private keys become readable by other processes on the same     host.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Tencent Linux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote Alibaba Cloud Linux 3 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ALINUX3-SA-2024:0043 advisory.

    Package updates are available for Alibaba Cloud Linux 3 that fix the following vulnerabilities:

    CVE-2023-1672:
    A race condition exists in the Tang server functionality for key generation and key rotation. This flaw     results in a small time window where Tang private keys become readable by other processes on the same     host.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Alibaba Cloud Linux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote Oracle Linux 8 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ELSA-2023-7022 advisory.

    [7-8]
    - Set correct user/group (tang/tang) in tangd-keygen       Resolves: rhbz#2188743

    [7-7]
    - Fix race condition when creating/rotating keys       Resolves: rhbz#2182410       Resolves: CVE-2023-1672

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Oracle Linux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote Ubuntu 18.04 ESM / 20.04 LTS / 22.04 LTS / 23.04 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the USN-6489-1 advisory.

    Brian McDermott discovered that Tang incorrectly handled permissions when creating/rotating keys. A local     attacker could possibly use this issue to read the keys.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote Oracle Linux 9 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ELSA-2023-6492 advisory.

    [14-2]
    - Fix service start up

    [14-1]
    - New upstream release - v14.
      Resolves: rhbz#2182411       Resolves: CVE-2023-1672

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Oracle Linux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 8 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RHSA-2023:7022 advisory.

    Tang is a server for binding data to network presence. It includes a daemon which provides cryptographic     operations for binding to a remote service. The tang package provides the server side of the Network Bound     Disk Encryption (NBDE) project.

    Security Fix(es):

    * tang: Race condition exists in the key generation and rotation functionality (CVE-2023-1672)

    For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and     other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

    Additional Changes:

    For detailed information on changes in this release, see the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.9 Release Notes     linked from the References section.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Red Hat Enterprise Linux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote CentOS Linux 8 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the CESA-2023:7022 advisory.

  - A race condition exists in the Tang server functionality for key generation and key rotation. This flaw     results in a small time window where Tang private keys become readable by other processes on the same     host. (CVE-2023-1672)

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote Debian 10 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the dla-3648 advisory.

    - -------------------------------------------------------------------------     Debian LTS Advisory DLA-3648-1                debian-lts@lists.debian.org     https://www.debian.org/lts/security/                           Chris Lamb     November 07, 2023                             https://wiki.debian.org/LTS
    - -------------------------------------------------------------------------

    Package        : tang     Version        : 7-1+deb10u2     CVE ID         : CVE-2023-1672     Debian Bug     : 1038119

    It was discovered that there was a race condition in Tang, a     network-based cryptographic binding server. This flaw resulted in a     small time window whereby newly-generated private keys were readable     by other processes on the same machine.

    For Debian 10 buster, this problem has been fixed in version     7-1+deb10u2.

    We recommend that you upgrade your tang packages.

    For the detailed security status of tang please refer to     its security tracker page at:
    https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/tang

    Further information about Debian LTS security advisories, how to apply     these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be     found at: https://wiki.debian.org/LTS

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Debian security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 9 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RHSA-2023:6492 advisory.

    Tang is a server for binding data to network presence. It includes a daemon which provides cryptographic     operations for binding to a remote service. The tang package provides the server side of the Network Bound     Disk Encryption (NBDE) project.

    Security Fix(es):

    * tang: Race condition exists in the key generation and rotation functionality (CVE-2023-1672)

    For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and     other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

    Additional Changes:

    For detailed information on changes in this release, see the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.3 Release Notes     linked from the References section.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Red Hat Enterprise Linux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote Fedora 38 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the FEDORA-2023-3e84bba241 advisory.

    Fixes CVE-2023-1672


Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote Fedora 37 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the FEDORA-2023-eb9bec6e8c advisory.

    Fixes CVE-2023-1672




Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

ID	Name	Product	Family	Severity
293151	MiracleLinux 8 : tang-7-8.el8 (AXSA:2023-7186:03)	Nessus	Miracle Linux Local Security Checks	medium
291993	MiracleLinux 9 : tang-14-2.el9 (AXSA:2023-6769:02)	Nessus	Miracle Linux Local Security Checks	medium
276421	TencentOS Server 3: tang (TSSA-2023:0292)	Nessus	Tencent Local Security Checks	medium
238969	TencentOS Server 4: tang (TSSA-2025:0140)	Nessus	Tencent Local Security Checks	medium
235952	Alibaba Cloud Linux 3 : 0043: tang (ALINUX3-SA-2024:0043)	Nessus	Alibaba Cloud Linux Local Security Checks	medium
186104	Oracle Linux 8 : tang (ELSA-2023-7022)	Nessus	Oracle Linux Local Security Checks	medium
186014	Ubuntu 18.04 ESM / 20.04 LTS / 22.04 LTS / 23.04 : Tang vulnerability (USN-6489-1)	Nessus	Ubuntu Local Security Checks	medium
185866	Oracle Linux 9 : tang (ELSA-2023-6492)	Nessus	Oracle Linux Local Security Checks	medium
185694	RHEL 8 : tang (RHSA-2023:7022)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	medium
185623	CentOS 8 : tang (CESA-2023:7022)	Nessus	CentOS Local Security Checks	medium
185343	Debian dla-3648 : tang - security update	Nessus	Debian Local Security Checks	medium
185126	RHEL 9 : tang (RHSA-2023:6492)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	medium
177543	Fedora 38 : tang (2023-3e84bba241)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	medium
177542	Fedora 37 : tang (2023-eb9bec6e8c)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	medium

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